Sunitha Murthy's Happiest Moment!!

I have been away from blogging these days and I have lots of reason for that and will be away for few more days. Just popped in to share a sweet moment that my blog reader Sunitha Murthy mailed me as an entry for 'Mother's Day Party & Giveaway' .  I have extended the last date of the giveaway...

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The Traveling Chairs ...

Not too long ago, I scooped up these awesome chairs from World Market, knowing that they'd be perfect in our SITTING room! TA DAAAAAA!  Don't they look great in our DINING room?  LOL ... oops, sitting room ... please don't be too upset!You know you've been there ... buying a piece you...

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Cute Owl & Pigs!

 Just a quick baby gift...Inspiration was the cute owl bedding chosen by the mommy from Baby's r us.  Stool purchased unfinished at Hobby Lobby. I hope baby Simon likes it!Then an old high school friend asked me to paint a third rocker for her third granddaughter. She gave me information like, cute pigs, and flowers. I hope that Josi gets a lot of...

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Cute Teacup Light

 Let's make this cuteTeacup Light!It is easy to do once you have mastered drilling china with a diamond ceramic drill bit.You can find tutorials on the web for that.Next...You will need to purchase a candle bulb light kit like this...And have your drilled teacup and saucer like this...Then just unscrew the light kit, following the package directions, and thread the cord...

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Hanging Map Light!

What a cool and fun project this was...And so easy to do!Here's how I did it...My daughter moved out of state and when she left our rental house, she left this behind...A simple paper shade.  Now I can't take credit for what I am about to show you because I saw it somewhere...I just don't remember where!Knowing me, I didn't want to throw away a good paper lantern, so I got ...

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My Never Ending Crush on Coastal ...

ALL of my life, I've loved the ocean ... not going IN it, necessarily (although, I'd spend hours in it when I was little), but, just how it makes me feel ... the smell of the ocean air ... the roar of the waves ... and the noise of the seagulls hunting for a snack.  It always brings...

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My Master BathRoom Update!

Some of my reader's may remember my long ago post on my master bathroom.About six years ago, when I first met my Young-and-Cute, Handy-Dandy-Handyman Trent, together we gutted my carpeted, huge garden tub and single sink master bathroom for a more functional and timeless style that it is today.However, we didn't do one thing...Let's start from the beginning, shall we?Our master...

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Inspiring Eminent Blogger: Chris Emmert

Meet wonderful mosaic artist Chris Emmert today. I truly love and admire her art work. Read on to know more about Chris and her exquisite art work.Welcome Chris, I am happy to have you here on Design Decor & Disha. Please introduce yourself.I am a self-taught artist and have been creating many forms...

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Gold and Glass ... Who Knew?

Happy Saturday, friends.My husband often jokes with me by saying that he's glad that my taste in men doesn't change as much as my taste in decorating styles does!  Ha!  Poor man ... the things he has to put up with being married to me ... mainly, my decorating addiction, especially how often...

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CopyCat Art

I can not take credit for this design. Credit goes to Doreen's blog of Hymns and Verses! When I first saw her tutorial on a Valentine's canvas HERE, where she actually gives the templates to use, I knew that this would be the perfect wedding gift to my daughter's dear friend. This is the one that Doreen made and shared...I wanted to make my own spin on this by adding color first to the...

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New Paint Means New Chandie!

Happy Monday, friends!Not too long ago, I shared how I painted the inside of our front door black.  Such a quick, inexpensive project that really made a difference (love those kinds of projects, don't you)?  Of course, that "freebie" project then led to a "not so free" project (oops).  Our...

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Mother's Day Party & A Giveaway!!

First I would like to wish all the beautiful, lovely, hard working, devoted, caring and loving mommies all around the world a very happy Mother's Day!!!Now I would like to wish a very beautiful women inside and out, who is my truest friend, who teaches me how to behave, who keeps pushing me to be better,...

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Our Rental House Tour

We purchased this cute little shotgun house about 8 months ago from a builder friend that had it as a rental for 9 years.Initially, we purchased it for our 22 year old daughter to live in and we put about another $10,000 in it.She lived here for 7 months until a job took her out of state.So now what do we do?We took to opportunity to fix it up even more though it had been gutted...

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Hometalk Always Inspires

Greetings, friends!When this time of year rolls around, my ADD (Attention *Decorating* Disorder) kicks in ... in HIGH gear!  One of the projects I'm currently tackling is redoing my son's bathroom.  Of course that means turning to the amazing HOMETALK for inspiration!  And, what perfect...

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